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Who Sings the Hero?

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Six stories of individual or group heroism. 5: A Righteous Gentile. In 1938 Gertrude Wijsmuller defied Adolf Eichmann , securing permission to take hundreds of Jewish children out of Vienna.
Barry Turner and Harry Towb tell the story of this virtually unknown Dutch heroine.
Director Eoin O'Callaghan

Contributors

Unknown:
Adolf Eichmann
Unknown:
Barry Turner
Unknown:
Harry Towb
Director:
Eoin O'Callaghan
Gertrude Wijsmuller:
Sarah Badel
Moske Landau:
Harry Towb
Adolf Eichmann:
Jonathan Tafler
Norman Bentwich:
Matthew Morgan
Fred Dunstan:
Nicholas Murchie
Dutch Consul:
John Webb
Radio interviewer:
Ann Windsor
Mrs Goldberg:
Joanna Wake
Mr Wijsmuller:
Eric Allan
Young girl refugee:
Sian Jenkins
Source: Radio Times

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